The Archive · 1924

THE REDDING PIT

The story of pit disaster, which we pub-most poignant in record of mining tr Modern industry is built ea o foundation of coal} commerce is linked with industry and ea hose two depend gress and civilization. the foodstull on which manufactures feed and a <learth of coal is alnest as terrible in its as one of the great famines that period Gepopulate whole tracts of ter ritory in India ov China grumble at the cost of the fuel for our domestic comfort the price paid by the collier! phrase, "wink"? the coal the bowels of the vated in our news passes in "which we hive not to, gehronicle a mining disaster ili) some part of the world and the) heart would be caltons that did not thrill with pity for the poor~fellows entombed the mine and threatened with several dangers, all of are but a choice of horrors.

Glasgow and were proceeding at Redding pit. There were four carriage and were the usual

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